LANDSLIDE CRASHES DOWN AT LOS ANGELES

Northern Advocate, 29 November 1937, Page 4

LANDSLIDE CRASHES DOWN AT LOS ANGELES

(Received 10 a.m.!

LOS ANGELES, November 27

A landslide which three weeks ago began moving one inch daily, carrying with it a hillside comprising two city squares and threatening a row of buildings, a highway, and the Los Angeles riverbed, yesterday rumbled 131 inches onward and badly frightened the neighbouring inhabitants, in spile of the roping-olf of the endangered district. Millions of tons of earth and stone threatened to cover a wide area. Yesterday’s movements precipitated rocks the size of motor

cars, causing an earthquake-like tremor and covering many streets deep in muddy slush.

Several movie studios have day and night camera crews posted to film the landslide as it becomes fully loosened. Split in Two Sections.

The entire hill, estimated at 3,000,000 tons of debris, finally split oil in two j sections last night and crashed down, j covering Riveside Drive, cutting of): ! the electric light and destroying the j water mains, but stopping at the door-j steps of endangered building's. A sheer cliff 150 feet high remains, where the hill was torn off from the terrain. Thousands of spectators viewed the spectacle. Hundreds of policemen are guarding the locality. Second Avalanche Feared.

Awed crowds all day watched rocks, earth and trees tumbling down the mountainside. fear a secend avalanche more serious than (he first. The damage, so far, is estimated at 200,000 dollars. A further collapse would be practically certain to destroy a bridge which cost 3,000,000 dollars.